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LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... partners [in the initiative] can say 'look, there is an Australian superannuation fund involved, and they're engaging in Australia. The weight of numbers can be useful." LGS, an investor in Wesfarmers, wrote the company after the airing of a ABC Four ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Responsible investment portfolios in Australia managed AU$152 billion or 16% of total assets under management last year, and core responsible investment funds are outperforming the benchmark of mainstream funds, according to the Responsible Investment ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Paragraph 47: international perspectives one year on, features analysis from 49 sustainability reporting experts in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, UAE and the UK who looked at the impact of paragraph 47 of the United Nation's outcome document ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... eligible Kyoto offset projects. "Greenfleet is the first biodiverse reforestation carbon offsetting organisation in Australia and have been operating for over 15 years planting in excess of 7.5 million trees over this time," the organisation said in ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
LUCRF Super has launched its Community Property Trust (CPT) in South Australia and has selected four community organisations as partners. The Zebra Finch Aboriginal Men's Group and (l-r) CPT Trustee Sr Leone Whittmack, CPT Chair Hon Monica Gould, Senator ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... aware of their rights and responsibilities as shareholders, she said. Byrne also said that the reporting approach in Australia of if not-why not around ESG issues is suitable. "We are an 'if not, why not' jurisdiction," she said. "At ACSI, we think that ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and financiers of renewable energy, and CBD, an entrepreneurial Australian developer of wind and solar assets both in Australia and internationally," said Gerry McGowan, CBD Energy CEO and executive chairman. The Taralga Wind Farm has a 10-year Power ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Jennifer Lauber-Patterson, spokesperson at Businesses for a Clean Economy, and head, Climate Market Investment Association, Australia. "Most favoured the positive approach of a market based scheme - it does achieve the lowest cost of abatement, and particularly ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... NSW Energy Minister. Bayswater uses approximately 7.5 million tonnes of coal per year and delivers power to eastern Australia, from South Australia to Northern Queensland. The algae in the Algae.Tec facility will feed on "waste" carbon dioxide emitted ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... sectors, combined with increased levels of consumer awareness and media attention. "The report definitely shows that Australia is behind North America and Europe," said Alison McIvor, ACSI's executive manager, communication, strategy and public affairs ...